How Do You Create a New Color? - extended version

ART

Curiosity trigger

Children will experiment with mixing paints, creating new colors and thinking up their own names for them. They will paint a scene from nature and take part in a movement game about colors.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Social and cultural awareness

In this lesson, you will cover:

NATIONAL CORE ARTS STANDARDS:
VA.Re8.1.2.a. Interpret art by identifying the mood suggested by a work of art and describing relevant subject matter and characteristics of form.
VA.Re9.1.2.a. Use learned art vocabulary to express preferences about artwork.
VA.Re7.2.3.a. Determine messages communicated by an image.

You will need

Paints, sheets of paper, brushes, postcards or photographs of landscapes.

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Authors

Author: Olga Orzeł-Kopeć
Methodology: Joanna Gulczyńska, Marta Przywara
Translation: George Lisowski
Producer: Marta Przywara

Source

This is a modified version of a lesson plan created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.

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